Add X11 opt-in function for device events

Previously on X11, by default all global events were broadcasted to
every Winit application. This unnecessarily drains battery due to
excessive CPU usage when moving the mouse.

To resolve this, device events are now ignored by default and users must
manually opt into it using `EventLoop::set_filter_device_events`.

Fixes (rust-windowing#1634) on Linux.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ And please only add new entries to the top of this list, right below the `# Unre
 - Added `Window::set_ime_allowed` supported on desktop platforms.
 - **Breaking:** IME input on desktop platforms won't be received unless it's explicitly allowed via `Window::set_ime_allowed` and new `WindowEvent::Ime` events are handled.
 - On macOS, `WindowEvent::Resized` is now emitted in `frameDidChange` instead of `windowDidResize`.
+- **Breaking:** On X11, device events are now ignored for unfocused windows by default, use `EventLoop::set_device_event_filter` to set the filter level.
 
 # 0.26.1 (2022-01-05)
 

src/event_loop.rs

@@ -256,6 +256,28 @@ impl<T> EventLoop<T> {
             event_loop_proxy: self.event_loop.create_proxy(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Change [`DeviceEvent`] filter mode.
+    ///
+    /// Since the [`DeviceEvent`] capture can lead to high CPU usage for unfocused windows, winit
+    /// will ignore them by default on Linux/BSD. This method allows changing this filter at
+    /// runtime to explicitly capture them again.
+    ///
+    /// ## Platform-specific
+    ///
+    /// - **Wayland / Windows / macOS / iOS / Android / Web**: Unsupported.
+    ///
+    /// [`DeviceEvent`]: crate::event::DeviceEvent
+    pub fn set_filter_device_events(&self, filter_events: bool) {
+        #[cfg(any(
+            target_os = "linux",
+            target_os = "dragonfly",
+            target_os = "freebsd",
+            target_os = "netbsd",
+            target_os = "openbsd"
+        ))]
+        self.event_loop.set_filter_device_events(filter_events);
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> Deref for EventLoop<T> {

src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs

@@ -732,7 +732,15 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
     }
 
     pub fn window_target(&self) -> &crate::event_loop::EventLoopWindowTarget<T> {
-        x11_or_wayland!(match self; EventLoop(evl) => evl.window_target())
+        x11_or_wayland!(match self; EventLoop(evlp) => evlp.window_target())
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "x11")]
+    pub fn set_filter_device_events(&self, filter_events: bool) {
+        match self {
+            EventLoop::X(evlp) => evlp.set_filter_device_events(filter_events),
+            EventLoop::Wayland(_) => (),
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventProcessor<T> {
         let mut devices = self.devices.borrow_mut();
         if let Some(info) = DeviceInfo::get(&wt.xconn, device) {
             for info in info.iter() {
-                devices.insert(DeviceId(info.deviceid), Device::new(self, info));
+                devices.insert(DeviceId(info.deviceid), Device::new(info));
             }
         }
     }

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs

@@ -283,6 +283,22 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn set_filter_device_events(&self, filter_events: bool) {
+        let mut mask = 0;
+        if !filter_events {
+            mask = ffi::XI_RawMotionMask
+                | ffi::XI_RawButtonPressMask
+                | ffi::XI_RawButtonReleaseMask
+                | ffi::XI_RawKeyPressMask
+                | ffi::XI_RawKeyReleaseMask;
+        }
+
+        let wt = get_xtarget(&self.event_processor.target);
+        wt.xconn
+            .select_xinput_events(wt.root, ffi::XIAllDevices, mask)
+            .queue();
+    }
+
     pub fn create_proxy(&self) -> EventLoopProxy<T> {
         EventLoopProxy {
             user_sender: self.user_sender.clone(),
@@ -698,24 +714,11 @@ enum ScrollOrientation {
 }
 
 impl Device {
-    fn new<T: 'static>(el: &EventProcessor<T>, info: &ffi::XIDeviceInfo) -> Self {
+    fn new(info: &ffi::XIDeviceInfo) -> Self {
         let name = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(info.name).to_string_lossy() };
         let mut scroll_axes = Vec::new();
 
-        let wt = get_xtarget(&el.target);
-
         if Device::physical_device(info) {
-            // Register for global raw events
-            let mask = ffi::XI_RawMotionMask
-                | ffi::XI_RawButtonPressMask
-                | ffi::XI_RawButtonReleaseMask
-                | ffi::XI_RawKeyPressMask
-                | ffi::XI_RawKeyReleaseMask;
-            // The request buffer is flushed when we poll for events
-            wt.xconn
-                .select_xinput_events(wt.root, info.deviceid, mask)
-                .queue();
-
             // Identify scroll axes
             for class_ptr in Device::classes(info) {
                 let class = unsafe { &**class_ptr };